Pet Store Web Site Overview

http://web.archive.org/web/20090227084109/http://java.sun.com/blueprints/guidelines/designing_enterprise_applications_2e/sample-app/sample-app1.3.1a3.html

Entire System Overview: http://web.archive.org/web/20090227084109/http://java.sun.com/blueprints/guidelines/designing_enterprise_applications_2e/app-arch/app-arch3.html

Welcome Page

            Product Categories or Departments

            Specials

            Toolbar: Search, Sign in, Cart, Account, MyList, Language etc.

Category Page

            List of products in Category

            Toolbar

Product Page

            List of items for that product (e.g. with different options)

            Add to cart

            Toolbar

Product Info Page

            Details of product

            Add to cart

            Toolbar

Cart Screen

            List of items and their price

SignIn Screen

            Need an account to purchase

Account Info Screen

            Password?

            Why is credit card there, and not billing or shipping info.

Order Information Screen

            Billing

            Shipping

            Taxes

Order Complete Screen

Pet Store Design Choices

Application Framework

Request filtering and dispatching

Templated View generation

Reusable custom tags

Screen Flow Control

Web Tier vs EJB vs Web Services

Local vs Distributed Architecture

Declarative vs Programmatic Transaction Control

Synchronous vs Asynchronous Communication

Modular Design

Control

Shopping Cart

Signon

Messaging

Catalog

Customer

Model – View – Controller